20 Winter Sports Romance Books to Read for Milano Cortina
In the Winter Olympics 2026 reading mood? Browse winter sports romance by sport including figure skating, hockey, snowboarding, skiing & racing, speed skating, luge, curling.
Winter Sports Romance Books to Read While You Watch the Games
I’m the kind of person who will watch the Olympics no matter what season it is. Summer, winter, give me the opening ceremony and I’m in. But if I’m being honest? I secretly prefer the Winter Olympics, and it’s not even close. Something about the drama of a clean routine, the precision, the speed, the pressure… figure skating is one of my favorite things to watch, full stop.
And this year feels like it’s going to be extra fun to read alongside. The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics run February 6-22, 2026, which means the build-up is perfect for seasonal reading that hits just right.
Plus, coming off the success of Heated Rivalry, and that little Olympics wink, I can already feel the appetite for “winter games” energy getting louder. I know I’ll be leaning into it. How about you?
Over the years I’ve read a lot of sports romance, but there are a few authors I instinctively reach for when Olympic season rolls around. Keira Andrews is one of my go-tos every single time, and I’ve already slotted Kiss and Cry into my Winter Olympics reading because it’s basically “Heated Rivalry… but make it figure skating.” Which is, unfortunately for my productivity, completely my catnip.
So here’s my Winter Sports Romance roundup, organized by sport. After you watch some on TV, you’ll want to jump right into these.
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Figure Skating Romance Books
Kiss and Cry by Keira Andrews
Enemies to lovers in an Olympic training center, with grumpy/sunshine friction and the kind of ache that builds every time they share ice time. If you love high stakes + emotion you can feel in your chest, start here.
Tell Me How You Hate Me by Cali Melle
A pair forced to skate together to win despite history, resentment, and that inconvenient spark that refuses to stay buried. It’s tense and that line between rivalry and attraction is thin… and getting thinner.
Grab Tell Me How You Hate Me by Cali Melle
It’s a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson
A hockey player needs a second chance; a figure skater needs a partner. Four months to train, and the friction is chef’s kiss. Sapphic enemies to lovers with a figure skating competition goal at the center.
Grab It’s a Love/Skate Relationship on Amazon
Want more figure skating romances? I keep a longer list of figure skating romance books right here.
Hockey Romance Books
The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid
Second chance, grief and healing, and two ex-teammates forced to confront what they meant to each other, then and now. Tender and sexy in that Rachel Reid way.
Grab The Shots You Take on Amazon
Wake Up, Nat & Darcy by Kate Cochrane
Women’s hockey + exes + forced proximity via winter games coverage. It’s rivals to cohosts.
Grab Wake Up, Nat & Darcy on Amazon
Zero Pucks by E.M. Lindsey
A rom-com MM sled hockey setup with chaotic Vegas baggage (blackout wedding!) and a whole lot of found-family team vibes.
If you’re in a full hockey romance era, you can browse my entire hockey romance books collection (I add to it all the time)
Hockey + Figure Skating Crossover Romance Books
Shot on Gold by Jaci Burton
A Winter Games romance where a hockey player and a figure skater collide, ambition vs attraction, plus a fling hanging over everything once the medals are awarded.
Revolve by Bal Khabra
A figure skater fighting her way back after an accident and panic attacks, and a hockey player with draft dreams and a temper. Big redemption energy, big rink chemistry.
Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen
A former figure skating star turned NHL skating coach has to work with the player who broke her heart, plus a viral reminder of their past on the ice. Second chance with real bite.
Grab Thrown for a Loop on Amazon
Snowboarding Romance Books
Cloud Nine by Amanda Sinatra
A photographer focusing on her health and her business gets pulled into saving a Vermont resort… alongside an arrogant, too-hot Olympian snowboarder. Injury + a deal + a New Year showcase countdown = pressure cooker.
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Melting Point by Cici Williams
Set in February 2026 at the Italian Winter Olympics, with fake dating for sponsorship money and a friends to lovers that’s been waiting to snap. Timely, spicy, and built for an Olympics reading sprint.
Faked by Karla Sorensen
A twin-swap mishap drops a good girl into one night with the bad boy… who happens to be a tattooed snowboarder with a chip on his shoulder and chemistry for days.
Skiing & Ski Racing Romance Books
The Fall Line by Meg Riley
Marriage of convenience with a reformed playboy pro skier, plus “lessons” that start with skiing and very quickly stop being about skiing. (Also: chronic illness rep.)
Coming In From the Cold by Sarina Bowen
An Olympic ski racer with secrets and a blizzard meet-cute that turns into forced proximity in a Jeep as night falls. High winter atmosphere, high tension.
Grab Coming In From the Cold on Amazon
Snowed Under by Juliana Smith
A children’s ski instructor + a fake relationship scheme + a lodge that needs saving. This one leans romantic comedy while still keeping the sport on page.
Speed Skating Romance Books
Fated Skates by Victoria Schade
A figure skating comeback story collides with a speed skater chasing his own redemption arc, set against Winter Olympics pressure and cameras. (If you’re reading during the Games, this is the vibe.)
Built for Speed by Declan Rhodes
A Dutch retired speed skater with a secret, a college hockey player addicted to skating for speed, and second-chance themes that hit hard.
Grab Built for Speed on Amazon
Fire on the Ice by Tamsen Parker
Short track speed skating’s bad girl meets a serious figure skater and their past hookup turns into something they can’t quite outrun. It’s messy in the best way, with competitive ambition.
Grab Fire on the Ice on Amazon
Luge Romance Books
Love on the Tracks by Tamsen Parker
A luge athlete with a big personality + a chart-topping heartthrob + a fake relationship that gets complicated fast (especially after an injury). Niche sport, high entertainment.
Grab Love on the Tracks on Amazon
Curling Romance Books
Throwing Stones by Avery Cockburn
Redemption after scandal, a Glasgow coaching gig, and an irresistibly cute skip standing between him and the comeback he needs.
Grab Throwing Stones on Amazon
How I’m reading this during the Game
I’m basically planning to match my reading to what I’m watching, skating on skating days, hockey on hockey days, snow sports when I’m already in the mood to watch someone launch themselves off a mountain at terrifying speed.
If you have a winter sport romance I have to add (especially one of the more unique sports), tell me what it is so I can add to my TBR.
And if you want even more books to add to your TBR, check out more sports romances or Winter books.
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